Font viewer for font collectors?
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I have a huge font collection and would like to be able to view them
in an efficient manner rather than opening a file one by one.
What would be the best font viewer aside from fontypython, which unfortunately
has a Mojibake bug on fonts with multibyte characters.
fonts
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I have a huge font collection and would like to be able to view them
in an efficient manner rather than opening a file one by one.
What would be the best font viewer aside from fontypython, which unfortunately
has a Mojibake bug on fonts with multibyte characters.
fonts
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I have a huge font collection and would like to be able to view them
in an efficient manner rather than opening a file one by one.
What would be the best font viewer aside from fontypython, which unfortunately
has a Mojibake bug on fonts with multibyte characters.
fonts
asked Oct 20 '10 at 10:42
Gödel
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I have a huge font collection and would like to be able to view them
in an efficient manner rather than opening a file one by one.
What would be the best font viewer aside from fontypython, which unfortunately
has a Mojibake bug on fonts with multibyte characters.
fonts
fonts
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I use Font Manager
sudo apt-get install font-manager
edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25
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I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.
Features
- Select your own font file
- Provides font and character information
- Character copy-able
- Supports TTF/OTF
- Supports Icon fonts
- Smooth interface
- No installation necessary
- No server upload necessary
Screenshot
answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10
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There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.
answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48
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Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00
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Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)
answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29
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Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:
#! /usr/bin/env bash
cat << __HEADER
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>
</head>
<body>
__HEADER
fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily
do
cat << __BODY
<hr/>
<div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">
<h1>${fontfamily}</h1>
<p>
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>
0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\
</p>
</div>
__BODY
done
cat << __FOOTER
<hr/>
</body>
</html>
__FOOTER
The script takes an optional first argument, the fc-list pattern to filter on. For example passing :spacing=100 as the argument generates an HTML page of all installed monospace fonts, or pass nothing and see all fonts.
answered Feb 13 at 8:25
nharward
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I`ve created simple SVG font viewer
http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/
answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09
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I use Font Manager
sudo apt-get install font-manager
edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25
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I use Font Manager
sudo apt-get install font-manager
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I use Font Manager
sudo apt-get install font-manager
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JanC
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I use Font Manager
sudo apt-get install font-manager
edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25
Zanna
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answered Oct 20 '10 at 16:50
JanC
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edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25
Zanna
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edited Sep 2 '17 at 11:25
Zanna
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Zanna
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I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.
Features
- Select your own font file
- Provides font and character information
- Character copy-able
- Supports TTF/OTF
- Supports Icon fonts
- Smooth interface
- No installation necessary
- No server upload necessary
Screenshot
answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10
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16
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I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.
Features
- Select your own font file
- Provides font and character information
- Character copy-able
- Supports TTF/OTF
- Supports Icon fonts
- Smooth interface
- No installation necessary
- No server upload necessary
Screenshot
answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10
bluejamesbond
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up vote
16
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up vote
16
down vote
I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.
Features
- Select your own font file
- Provides font and character information
- Character copy-able
- Supports TTF/OTF
- Supports Icon fonts
- Smooth interface
- No installation necessary
- No server upload necessary
Screenshot
answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10
bluejamesbond
26125
I use character maps heavily and decides to make one which you access from anywhere using a web interface and requires no installation.
Features
- Select your own font file
- Provides font and character information
- Character copy-able
- Supports TTF/OTF
- Supports Icon fonts
- Smooth interface
- No installation necessary
- No server upload necessary
Screenshot
answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10
bluejamesbond
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answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:10
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There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.
answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48
Oli♦
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Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00
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up vote
2
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There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.
answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48
Oli♦
219k85552760
Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.
answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48
Oli♦
219k85552760
There's always Fontmatrix. It has a slightly different featureset to fontypython but I like it.
answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48
Oli♦
219k85552760
answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48
Oli♦
219k85552760
answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48
Oli♦
219k85552760
answered Oct 20 '10 at 10:48
Oli♦
219k85552760
219k85552760
Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00
add a comment |
Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00
Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00
Just used it. It seems to have more features than fontypython, but is instead less immune to foreign multi-byte fonts. Nevertheless +1 for introducing the tool I didn't know. thx.
– Gödel
Oct 20 '10 at 11:00
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)
answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29
sdf
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2
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Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)
answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29
sdf
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up vote
2
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up vote
2
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Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)
answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29
sdf
211
Your should also give a try to gnome-specimen (also available in Debian)
answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29
sdf
211
answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29
sdf
211
answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29
sdf
211
answered Apr 2 '14 at 23:29
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Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:
#! /usr/bin/env bash
cat << __HEADER
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>
</head>
<body>
__HEADER
fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily
do
cat << __BODY
<hr/>
<div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">
<h1>${fontfamily}</h1>
<p>
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>
0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\
</p>
</div>
__BODY
done
cat << __FOOTER
<hr/>
</body>
</html>
__FOOTER
The script takes an optional first argument, the fc-list pattern to filter on. For example passing :spacing=100 as the argument generates an HTML page of all installed monospace fonts, or pass nothing and see all fonts.
answered Feb 13 at 8:25
nharward
211
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:
#! /usr/bin/env bash
cat << __HEADER
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>
</head>
<body>
__HEADER
fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily
do
cat << __BODY
<hr/>
<div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">
<h1>${fontfamily}</h1>
<p>
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>
0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\
</p>
</div>
__BODY
done
cat << __FOOTER
<hr/>
</body>
</html>
__FOOTER
The script takes an optional first argument, the fc-list pattern to filter on. For example passing :spacing=100 as the argument generates an HTML page of all installed monospace fonts, or pass nothing and see all fonts.
answered Feb 13 at 8:25
nharward
211
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:
#! /usr/bin/env bash
cat << __HEADER
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>
</head>
<body>
__HEADER
fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily
do
cat << __BODY
<hr/>
<div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">
<h1>${fontfamily}</h1>
<p>
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>
0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\
</p>
</div>
__BODY
done
cat << __FOOTER
<hr/>
</body>
</html>
__FOOTER
The script takes an optional first argument, the fc-list pattern to filter on. For example passing :spacing=100 as the argument generates an HTML page of all installed monospace fonts, or pass nothing and see all fonts.
answered Feb 13 at 8:25
nharward
211
Web browsers are good at this. Sample script whose output can be saved as a simple HTML page and viewed in a local browser:
#! /usr/bin/env bash
cat << __HEADER
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Sample of local fonts matching '$1'</title>
</head>
<body>
__HEADER
fc-list --format='%{family}n' $1 | sort -u | while IFS='' read -r fontfamily
do
cat << __BODY
<hr/>
<div style="font-family: '${fontfamily}', 'serif'">
<h1>${fontfamily}</h1>
<p>
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy brown dog<br/>
0123456789,.:;?/<>'"{}|-=`~!@#$%^&*()-=\
</p>
</div>
__BODY
done
cat << __FOOTER
<hr/>
</body>
</html>
__FOOTER
The script takes an optional first argument, the fc-list pattern to filter on. For example passing :spacing=100 as the argument generates an HTML page of all installed monospace fonts, or pass nothing and see all fonts.
answered Feb 13 at 8:25
nharward
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answered Feb 13 at 8:25
nharward
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answered Feb 13 at 8:25
nharward
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answered Feb 13 at 8:25
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I`ve created simple SVG font viewer
http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/
answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09
iegik
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up vote
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I`ve created simple SVG font viewer
http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/
answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09
iegik
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up vote
0
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up vote
0
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I`ve created simple SVG font viewer
http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/
answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09
iegik
1,2121113
I`ve created simple SVG font viewer
http://jsfiddle.net/iegik/r4ckgdc0/show/
answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09
iegik
1,2121113
answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09
iegik
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answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09
iegik
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answered Oct 9 '15 at 13:09
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